Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

एतद्वः सर्वमाख्यातं व्रतं वै भीष्मपंचकम् । संप्राप्यते फलं चैव व्रतानां नियमैः सह

Transliteration

etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ vrataṃ vai bhīṣmapaṃcakam | saṃprāpyate phalaṃ caiva vratānāṃ niyamaiḥ saha

Translation

এইদৰে ভীষ্ম-পঞ্চক নামে ব্ৰত সম্পৰ্কে তোমালোকক সকলো বৰ্ণনা কৰা হ’ল। ব্ৰতৰ বিধি-নিয়ম আৰু সংযমসহ ইয়াৰ ফল নিশ্চয় লাভ হয়।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वः: of you / to you (your)
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6) बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; enclitic form

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• आख्यातम्: has been explained
• आख्यातम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आख्यात’ = told/declared

• व्रतम्: vow, observance
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• भीष्मपंचकम्: the Bhīṣma five-day observance
• भीष्मपंचकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भीष्मस्य पञ्चकम्)

• संप्राप्यते: is obtained
• संप्राप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: certainly, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• व्रतानाम्: of vows
• व्रतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• नियमैः: with rules, by disciplines
• नियमैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (postposition: ‘with’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: addressed group (voḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Teacher-narrator concluding instructions to assembled sages/devotees; a calm didactic tableau with ritual items set aside, signaling completion of exposition.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣmapañcaka
• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Results come from the vow together with its niyamas—ethical and ritual discipline is integral to merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this summary verse; it concludes instructions within a tīrtha-oriented discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To follow the vow together with its prescribed niyamas to obtain the promised fruit.